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Summer Diseases & Illnesses To Watch Your Kids For
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Measles
The measles virus can be a serious infection that still affects many people worldwide although it is less widespread throughout the United States. Measles can be contracted more easily during the summer time because families are more likely to travel then, and can travel to areas that have not eradicated the measles virus yet. Also, the more people together in one area, such as during summer months on a beach or lake, the more likely it is for kids to get infected since they are exposed to a greater range of people.
Measles symptoms include fever, rashes, dry coughs, runny nose, inflamed eyes and white spots with blue centers on the inside of the mouth (the most telling sign). To prevent measles, make sure your children are vaccinated against it and practice proper hygiene by washing hands, not sharing personal items, and keeping clear of those that are infected.
Chicken Pox
It might not seem like the time for it, but close contact with multiple other children during the summer months can expose your child to the chicken pox just as readily as during the school months in a classroom. Chicken pox is also a viral infection that causes a rash with fluid-filled blisters and is commonly itchy. Chicken pox rash is usually accompanied by fevers, headaches, tiredness and loss of appetite.
To prevent your children from getting chicken pox, take them to get the chicken pox vaccine and exercise proper hygiene. Being around many children increases the chances of your child getting chicken pox so watch out for other kids that show symptoms.
Mumps
A viral infection that affects salivary glands and causes them to swell that is relatively rare in the United States now since the mumps vaccine. Symptoms only appear two to three weeks after infection and include headaches, fevers, muscle aches, fatigue, loss of appetite and swollen glands.
Preventing mumps is quite easy with the vaccine and the occurrences of the infection are low anyways. Since it is a viral infection, prevent mumps by practicing good hygiene and keeping your children in a good bill of health by boosting their immune systems with Vitamin C and other multivitamins.
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